Milk bottle crate



Sept. 6, 1932. H. M. SLOAT 1,876,323

MILK' BOTTLE CRATE Original Filed July 10, 1928 INVENTOR- efl/bwara/Z. Slant.

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i With these andfother objects *inventionresides and consists in the *cona if Pateritedsqgg 5 1 *Thisinvention relates to new and useful fim-proyements in milk bottle crates such: as i f are usually constructed of wood "and metal a andused forholdingbottlesflduring transpor ends and sidesg'an open top and an open meta are usually six of these longitudinally ar- 1 rangedpwire rodsjwhosei opposite end por- Etions extend through the thickness of; the end a [boards ofthecrate and are rivetedor headed position. Thesei jsiz i wire rods are I preferabb/er 's dwf rm h rsae c re I being positioned to support a row of four i bottles so that \thelthree pairs or lsix rods fwill properly jsupport a dozen bottles in eis then upright or invertedpositionsn V ffGrates of thistype are obviously subjected cto very severe nsagegbeing thrown into" and in Yd'ragged outof trucksfdeliverywagons; etclv,

a'nd also draggedlaround" on stone andce- I ment fioorfsoi dairies stores andother places, with thefresult-that sooner or later the short along the line of theriveted' ends ofl the wire Trods' leaving thebottom free to :drop out and 3 u fw vhereuponcit becomes useless',notwithstandin L Ftigiofthe crate is in goodshape. a a

I havethereiore improvednpon this type 1 ldf nilk bo le bray p di t hableicommercial forinof metalbottom which i e pec a y a ted d e ri g l t for can be used asapart of theoriginal conin View, the

struction and novel combination and arrangement of partsfhereinafter morefully 1 described, illustrated inn-the accompanying j drawingfandpointed out inthe claims here? bottom being omitted; 1

tion sfl Openings 7 areformed inthese ends he probable fact that the remaining porforming separators or partitions for theb ot- .11 indicates nails or screws whereby the sideseam, brgmimm omtm at, 291,506 mmun as, 1932'. r l

fto appended, it being understood that'vari ous changes in the form, proportion,- sizeg and minor details of construction within the scopeof the claims may beresortedto without departure from the spirit,or sacrificing 55 ang of the advantages oftheinvention. i i

a imilar characters of reference denote like or corresponding parts throughout the seueral figures of the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and upon 60 i which 1 i i Fig; 1 shows a perspectiveview of a milk "bottle crate formed of wood and metalin ac cordance withmy invention; a i I r a F ig. 2 isa further: perspectiveviewof a 6 similar crate, he improved form ofymetal "g. 3 showsa perspective View ofrny' improved form of attachable metahbottom adapted forattachment to the crate 'shownin '1 FigAQ; and r Fig; 4 is a detail vertical sectional View through the =reinforced lower edge 1 portion a of one end of the c'rate, and attached "channelliron, taken on line 4 ofFig; 1.

Referring indetail to thecharactersof referencefirnarked upon vthe T drawing 5 -5 1 represent the side of the crat'eg whichashe= fore suggested are-made of wood, usually about one inch-"thick and otherwise ofproper i180 height and length to produce a crateofthe p wrequired sizei 6-6 represent end; members endboards of thelcrate give awayland split of the crate which like the sides are also formed of wood, of-propersize andpropor to providehandles adjacent the top edge for handling thecrate.- i

8 representsfcross wireswithinithe crate tles; the ends of the wiresheingWeXtended through the sides andheaded as 21113 9. The

crate is alsoprovided with longitudinal partition wires that extend through the endsof the crate and headed therein, as shown at 1 0.

members of the crate are'secured 't'o thegends ofutheendmembersof thecrate. 1 a

As 1 above suggestedyin commercial milk r L ma Y portion of the crate from corner to corner, and each of the sideflanges of said channel irons having a longitudinal series of holes a therethrough that align with those of the other flange, a series of rods having their opposite end portions securedin-said ali ed holes of the twoside flanges of each the said {channel irons: to form a double bearing for each end of the rods which are aligned to I 1 1 enterthe slots, a supporting iron mounted uponasaid rods between the two said channel irons and adapted tobe secured to the crate, and means for securing thesaid channelirons to the bottom edge portioniofthe ends of the crate. t a a The combination with amilk bottle crate j comprising wood sides and end members, a a a two opposite ones ofwhich are provided with slots that extend in from their edge and i a 2 across the Widthof said members, of an at tachable bottom, comprising a pair of channel irons each adapted to cover said slots and the entire ,bottom edge portions of the ends of the crate and including side flanges 5 each having a longitudinal series of holes therein which register with holes in theother flange, a series of rods having their end por 1 tions engaged in a hole of each of thespaced apart side flanges to form a rigid support, the end portions of saidrods between the two a said flanges being positioned and adapted to enter the said slots, and means for attaching the said bottom to the bottom edgepon tions of the crate. t a Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticntthis 9th a day of Ju1y,A. D. 1928. a i a a HOWARD M. SLOAT. 

